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Oct 30, 2014 from academy award winner alex gibney, finding fela takes a look at afrobeat creator fela kuti and how his life and music inspired an entire continent and brought pan africanist politics to the world. Finding fela tells the story of fela anikulapo kutis life, his music and his social and political importance. The film barely settles into one groove before its unceremoniously torn out of it. Directed by academy awardwinning filmmaker alex gibney, finding fela is a vibrant, politicallycharged journey in to the life of the beloved, celebrated father of afrobeat, fela kuti. Legendary afrobeat king fela anikulapo kuti blessed memory lives forever. Finding fela a film by alex gibney, official website. While capturing hundreds of hours of footage with a local film crew about the production and its reception by a lagos audience. One is the actual fela kuti, the late nigerian singer, musician and pioneer of the afrobeat musical style, who died of. Watch finding fela online vimeo on demand on vimeo. Finding fela does an exemplary job of explaining, in musical terms, what made fela standout, a simple enough step that most music documentaries ignore.
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The story of african musician and activist, fela anikulapo kuti. Finding fela was directed by the academy award winning director, alex gibney. Fancy watching finding fela on your tv, phone, or tablet. Finding fela documentary premieres in atlanta august 15. Finding fela tells the story of fela anikulapo kutis life, his music, his social and political importance whose influence helped bring a change towards democracy in nigeria and promoted pan africanist politics to the world. Finding fela 2014 afrobeat pioneer and revolutionary, fela. Finding fela a film by alex gibney available on dvd and on demand. Since this is a documentary, acting is not an issue, but you can speak to the effectiveness of the people and players involved. His 2008 film, taxi to the dark side, received an oscar for best featurelength documentary. Finding fela, by alex gibney, is quite an ordinary documentary that portrays an extraordinary man and his story. Jan 23, 2014 the documentary doesnt merely examine the musician himself, however, but also the cast and crew of the 2009 broadway musical fela. Filmmaker alex gibney uses period interviews and performances plus highlights of.
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And of course there are appearances from fela himself, often wearing. Jun 01, 2017 olufela olusegun oludotun ransomekuti1 15 october 1938 2 august 1997, known professionally as fela kuti, fela anikulapo kuti, or simply fela, was a nigerian multiinstrumentalist. Watch finding fela online stream full movie directv. Rent finding fela 2014 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. From academy award winner alex gibney, finding fela takes a look at afrobeat creator fela kuti and how his life and music inspired an entire continent and brought pan africanist politics to the world. The life, music and cultural impact of charismatic performeractivist fela kuti is powerfully explored in the compelling new documentary finding fela no individual better embodies african music of the 1970s and 80s and its pivotal role in postcolonial political activism than fela kuti.
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The power and potency of felas message is completely current today and is expressed in the political movements of oppressed people, embracing felas music and message in their struggle for freedom. Fela in the documentary finding felafela films two views of the musical icon fela battle for attention in a new documentary. Thats part of what makes alex gibneys documentary so fascinating. Finding fela kuti on the trail of the afrobeat pioneer with longtime confidant rikki stein august 18, 2014 on the trail of the afrobeat pioneer with longtime confidant rikki.
In his dynamic and revealing documentary finding fela. Finding fela 2014 afrobeat pioneer and revolutionary, fela kuti. Despite its brilliant subject, new documentary finding. Olufela olusegun oludotun ransomekuti1 15 october 1938 2 august 1997, known professionally as fela kuti, fela anikulapo kuti, or simply fela, was a nigerian multiinstrumentalist. Jul 30, 2014 finding fela does an exemplary job of explaining, in musical terms, what made fela standout, a simple enough step that most music documentaries ignore. Fela was a pioneer and primary creator of the afrobeat music movement, but he also became deeply involved in social issues, politics and human rights. Finding fela is a 2014 documentary film by oscarwinning director alex gibney, portraying and analysing the life of pioneering musician fela kuti. Story philosophy and live of fela anikulapo kuti youtube.
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Outspoken nigerian musician fela kuti led a vibrant life, one that filmmaker alex gibney lays out in tooplain fashion in his latest documentary. Google play movies, amazon video as download or rent it on apple itunes, vudu. Director alex gibneyacademy award winner alex gibney, known for his gripping, deeply insightful documentaries, is one of the most accomplished nonfiction filmmakers working today. Mar 19, 2015 finding fela tells the story of fela anikulapo kutis life, his music, his social and political importance. Directed by alex gibney, this is the story of fela anikulapo kutis life, his music, his social and political importance and how his impact transformed the life of. The film had its world premiere at the 2014 sundance film festival on january 17, 2014. This documentary highlights the nigerian superstars brilliance, but sidesteps some of his troubling opinions, writes mark kermode. There are many clips and concert fragments to enjoy, even if some of them are a little less sharp due to the age of the footage, which sometimes looks like.